228 Amor.z. 6. Ambition al- waies blind in that which it putfueth. z.Sam.l54 Earthly honorshrook Vpon the VVednefday after ao partnerlhip. wallet beforehim, enduredtheCroffe,aneldefifed thefhame. When a Kings Crown was propofedvntohim by theWorld, hemade choiceof the Crone, holding that affront the leffe of the two. What then might he thinke, whentreating. of his death, they fhould craue chaires ofhonour , making lefTe reckoning ofhis blond, thanof their owneaduancement r For three tranfgrefs'tons ofifraell, ( fayth Amos) andforfoure,Iwill not turn to it, becaufe theyfouldtheRighteousforfluer, and the Poorefor fheoes : Thatis, mademore reckoningof the mucke of the world, thanmens hues. Galatinew, Adrianua Finud,andRabbi Samrtel,transferre this fault vponthofe Pharifees which fòuldour Sauiour, to fecure their wealth and their honours; The Romans willcome andtake both our Kingdomeand ourNation f >om vs. Wherein thefe his Difciples teemed tofuit with them ;for the Pharifecs trea- ted of our Sauioursdeath,that they mightnot loofe their Chaires; and his Dif- ciples, that theymightget them. Tee knownot, &c. Whywould they nothaue Peter (hare with them in their fauour and their honour t' In Mount Tabor he was mindfull of lames and Iohn; but Lames and zahndid not oncethinkevponPeter. The reafon whereof is , for that the glorieofheauen is eafily parted and diuided with others : And becaufe God willthat all fhould bee Caned, manis likewife willing to yeeld thereunto. But for the glorieofthe earth, there is fcarce that man that will admit a copart- ner. And if Chrift our Sauiour had granted them their requeff,they would prc- fentlyhaue contefted , which fhould haue fateon his right hand. For in thefe worldlyaduancernents and honours, brotherwill be againffbrother and feeke tocut each others throat. JacobandErgot ftroue who fhouldbeböxne firff,&get away the blefTing from the other. Potef1ís biberecalicem ? Canyeedrinke of theCup,&c. Ambition(like the Elephant) out of adefire to command,will not Rieke to beareCaffles &Towers onhis backe, till it be readieto breakewith the weight of it's burthen. Why fhould Petercouet honour,if likeaTowerit muff lie hea- uily vpon him C Kingvintiochua hadthree hundredElephants inhis Army,and euerie onebare a Tower of wood uponhis backe,and in themthirtie perfons a piece. The ambitious man (like Atlas) will make nobones to beare vp heauen withhis (boulders, thoughit make him to groaneneuer fo hard, and that in the . endhemuff come tumbling downewith it to the ground. Many pretend that, which makesmuch for their hurt,prefumingthat they deferuewhat they defire:; Inmatter ofprefumption, there is not that man that will know or acknowledge, any advantage. Many men complaine of the badnefl'e of the Times, of the. hardneffeof theirfortune, of the fmallfauour that they find, asalfo of their want ofhealth ; but fewor none, oftheir want offufficiencie, ortheir lacke of vtaderffanding. Seneca faith, That Vnderftanding is not a thing that can bee bought or borrowed : Naymore, That ifit weretobe fould at anopen outcry, and in the publique market place, there would not a Chapman bee found to deale for it: For the pooreffVnderftatidingthat is, will prefume tobee able to giuecouncell to Seneca, and to Plato. vtbfalon wooing thepeoples affeótion, breakes out in Court into this infinuaiing, but traiterous phrafe offpeech, O,- that ¡weremade fudge in theLand,that euerie man that hashanymatterorcontrouerfe,,; might come to me, that Imight dohim lufiice. Traitorasthou art,thougoeft about' to takeaway thyfathers Kingdome &.his lifefrom him . andyet the plea which. thoupretendeft, is,forfooth, todoe eùeryman rightand juftice. Poffumm
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